Polythene

Temu-tier isolation for unit testing. Pulls container images, exports them to disposable root filesystems, and executes commands via podman, bwrap, proot, or chroot.

Introduction

Installation workflow

Command reference

Environment variables

Cleaning up exported filesystems

Troubleshooting

Further reading

Source

Source material

Contents

Introduction
- Introduction
Installation workflow
- Installation workflow
Command reference
Environment variables
- Environment variables
Cleaning up exported filesystems
- Cleaning up exported filesystems
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
Further reading
- Further reading

Further reading

Updated Jul 14, 2026

Refer to polythene/__init__.py for the Cyclopts application definition and to tests/test_polythene.py for integration-style usage examples.